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Weekly Report Sept 26-Oct 02: Israel committed 129 Human Rights abuses

[email protected] October 3, 2019 hum, human rights, PCHRGaza, torture

PCHRGaza documented 129 human rights violations by Israeli forces & settlers, including: killing a Palestinian civilian, injuring 88, 76 incursions into the West Bank, 55 civilians arrested, including 2 children and 2 women. Palestinian prisoner transferred to the hospital in critical condition after being tortured during investigation. 6 shooting incidents reported against Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza Strip shore, etc

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Israel committed 415 violations against Palestinian journalists in past year

[email protected] October 1, 2019 Palestinian journalists

On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists, The Palestinian Ministry of Information said the Israeli government is deliberately targeting Palestinian journalists in both Gaza and the West Bank.

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Israeli Violence Continues, Ending September With Abductions, Demolitions, and Raids

[email protected] October 1, 2019 abduction, collective punishment, home demolition, IDF, occupation

September, Week 4 2019: Israeli violence continues with NGO raids, demolitions, abductions (86), holding corpses hostage, spoiling Palestinian’s vaccines, medicines, and repeated invasions of holy sites.

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Saher ‘Awadallah ‘Othman

[email protected] September 27, 2019 israel-palestine-timeline

September 27th, 2019: Saher ‘Awadallah Jaber ‘Othman, 20, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza while participating in the 76th Great March of Return. He was declared dead in al-Shifa hospital approximately three hours after he was shot with a bullet in the chest. In addition, Israeli troops wounded another 86 civilians through excessive…

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Fundraising gala: does the IDF really need another $37 million?

[email protected] September 27, 2019 analysis, Elor Azaria, friends of idf, IDF, leahy laws, military aid, most moral army, zionism

Fundraising gala: does the IDF really need another million?

The Friends of the IDF gala Wednesday raised a small fortune for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) – a military machine that uses American aid to kill and maim.

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Kamila Shamsie: yet another BDS proponent punished for following her conscience

[email protected] September 27, 2019 BDS, boycott, cultural boycott, garzweiler, kamila shamsie, london review of books, nelly sachs prize, ruhrbarone, talib kweli

Renowned author Kamila Shamsie won a prestigious literary award in Germany. Then a rightwing website dug up “dirt” – Shamsie supports BDS! – and just like that, the award was rescinded.

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Israeli forces & settlers commit 204 human rights violations in past week

[email protected] September 27, 2019 human rights, Palestinian Center for Human rights, PCHR, settlers

The Palestinian Center for Human rights documented 204 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory during the week of September 19-25, 2019 – see the incidents:

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New legislation in Congress puts Palestinians in a Catch-22

[email protected] September 24, 2019 $38 billion, arms trade, atca, consent to jurisdiction, H.R.1837, icc, international criminal court, james lankford, mahmoud abbas, palestinian authority, plo, quartet, S.2131, Shurat Hadin, sokolow, state of palestine, ted deutch, United Nations, white phosphorus

New bills in Congress would put the Palestinian Authority in a no-win position: go bankrupt, or withdraw from int’l bodies that keep alive a hope of justice.

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Israel military outdoes itself in a week of violence toward Palestinians

[email protected] September 22, 2019 excessive force, gaza blockade, Israeli occupation, Palestinian human rights, sabra and shatilla, war crime

September, Week 3: Mainstream media does not cover the scores of “small” stories of Palestinian loss of freedom, property, life, and hope. IMEMC brings the stories to us daily. Below are many of the headlines from the past week.

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Israel: democracy or apartheid state?

[email protected] September 18, 2019 analysis, apartheid, basic laws, desmond tutu, discrimination, Nakba, nation-state law, racism, syrian refugees

Racism was part of the birth of the state of Israel; apartheid is part of its fabric. Nelson Mandela agreed. Palestinians struggle for equality, as do people of color (both Jewish and non-Jewish).

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